A collaboration of researchers from France and Poland have prepared a new hierarchically nanostructured LTO-type material with exceptional electrochemical performance and the potential to provide ultrafast charging lithium-ion batteries.
By Emily Nordvang
31 May 2017
A team of international researchers have engineered the surrounding dielectric environment to tune the electronic bandgap and exciton binding energy in WS2 and WSe2 monolayers by hundreds of meV.
By Liam Critchley
25 May 2017
Researchers from the University of California (UC) San Diego have synthesized melanin-like polydopamine nanoparticles (MelNPs), and studied the way in which these MelNPs protect human keratinocytes from UV damage.
By Benedette Cuffari
24 May 2017
Researchers have recently published a way in which silver nanoparticles are capable of significantly reducing the energy consumption in modern light-based computer systems.
By Benedette Cuffari
24 May 2017
Researchers from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) have sandwiched graphene between two superconductors and analyzed its electronic properties.
By Benedette Cuffari
19 May 2017
Researchers from Michigan State have created a paper thin ferroelectric nanogenerator for next generation audio devices with potential future applications such as an audible newspaper, noise-cancelling sheeting, foldable loudspeakers, voice-activated security patches to name but a few.
By Benedette Cuffari
18 May 2017
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By Liam Critchley
16 May 2017
There are currently many cheap paper-based devices out there, one most notably being the $1 paper microscope. But paper devices are being researched more and more due to their ability to perform a variety of functions at low cost.
By Liam Critchley
2 May 2017
This graphene research update includes an investigation into the production of graphene from ethene on a rhodium substrate, and a novel speaker design that uses the properties of graphene to remove the need for moving parts or heavy magnets.
By Benedette Cuffari
9 May 2017
Chromium-based Cr2AlC MAX materials exhibit nanometre-scale 3D defects, crucial for self-healing properties and mechanical strength.